Additive Manufacturing (AM)

Additive Manufacturing (AM) Technology

Certificate Requirements and Program Options:

Certificate Program – Machine Technology Program & Additive Manufacturing as a Third Semester (3 Semesters recommended)
Upon completion of the machine technology program, the student has options to continue with additive manufacturing as a third semester.

Advanced Certificate Program

MFG 173 - Introduction to Additive Manufacturing (3 Credits)

Additive Manufacturing is changing the landscape of manufacturing design and production formats. Today, goods are produced primarily through a machining process [subtractive manufacturing] for short-run and batched production or through the use of casting and dies for long-run production. Additive Manufacturing allows companies to produce end products from an initial CAD File [Computer Assisted Design File] for short-run production saving time and money. Introduction to Additive Manufacturingprovides the student an overview of several Additive Manufacturing processes including: Photopolymerization, Powder Bed Fusion, Extrusion, 3D Printing, Sheet Lamination, Direct Metal Laser Sintering [DMLS] and Beam Deposition.

Demonstrate an understanding of the need for and methodologies of testing

MFG 175 - AM Applications (3 Credits)

Additive Manufacturing [AM] Applications provides the student the opportunity to work with additive manufacturing software & hardware produced by multiple additive manufacturers starting with the consumer level to high end state of the art production metal machines. The student will work with many of the current level technologies including: FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling), SLA (Stereo Lithography), MJM (Polyjet/Multijet), and SLS (Selective Laser Sintering). This will include all their applicable software. The student will create 3D CAD files and import & export these files using Solidworks, Catalyst EX, and Materialise Magics software and any other machine specific proprietary software. First and foremost, the student will learn the safety training involved with each specific method of Additive Manufacturing. The student will learn to orient the model correctly, chose the correct materials, review software interface, slice & modify the model, generate supports and tool paths, submit model to the machine and will learn basic machine maintenance as well as post-processing of parts.

General Course Objectives/Outcomes

Demonstrate an understanding of Operations & Maintenance of the

Dimension SST 768.

Demonstrate an understanding of Operations & Maintenance of the Fortus 400.

Demonstrate an understanding of Basic Design.

Demonstrate an understanding of AM Mechanics and Materials.

MFG 110 - Solidworks (3 Credits)

SolidWorks design focuses on parametric modeling while introducing the student to the paperless computer based design process utilizing the parametric 3-D design software SolidWorks. The course reviews the following topics: design process, design engineering, assembly modeling, mechanism analysis, rapid prototyping, team design, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and the analysis of tolerance stackups. Students will participate in individual & team design projects.

General Course Objectives/Outcomes

Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of drawing

Demonstrate a basic understanding of the fundamentals of Part Modeling

Demonstrate an understanding of the extrude and revolve features

Demonstrate an understanding of Sweep, Loft & Additional Features

Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of Assembly Modeling

Demonstrate an understanding of top-down assembly modeling

MFG 176 - AM Internship (4 Credits)

The AM Internship is designed to be a capstone activity. The student is required to have completed successfully Introduction to Additive Manufacturing, AM Materials, Solidworks and be within the last four weeks of AM Applications before the internship begins. Regional manufactures will provide the student with on-site laboratory experience and activities designed to enhance goals and objectives inherent in AM Applications.

The mission of the Asnuntuck Community College Manufacturing Technology Center is to provide participants with technology and academic education that leads to related and relevant career employment and continuous personal and professional development.